Decoy.



A. KOYEN 81 F. B. SNYDER.

DEGOY.

APPLICATION FILED APR.6, 1914.

1,157,627.. Patenfed 001. 19. 1915.

l I L P/ ALBERT. seria s ens FRANK SNYDER. r ER M M. NEBRASKA- nnco r.

Application filed April 6,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT KoYEN and FRANK B. SNYDER, citizens of theUnited States,residing at Fremont, in the. county of Dodge and State ofNebraska, have invented new and useful Improvements in Decoys, of

Y which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a floating decoy provided witha chamber in its body portion adapted to receive the head and otherattachments whereby a numberv of the decoys can be strung upon a specialcarrier and carried about or shipped either with or without a protectivecasing. 4

Another object isto provide a decoy that will properly head up under alltidal and wind conditions, and in which the head may. be turned toseveral positions to better. simulate a liveduck or other bird.

With these and other objects in View as will be hereinafter more fullypointed out, reference is had to the accompanying. drawingsv forming. apart of this specificatlon and wherein like characters of referencedesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views in whichFigure 1 is a view. partly in vertical section and partly in sideelevationof the decoy resting upon the water, Fig.2 is a bottom planview of the head and other attachments nested in the body chamber, Fig.3, is a vertical sectional View throughFig'. 2, Fig. 4: is a perspectiveview of the head attaching device on a fragment of the body, Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the head, Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the headattaching fragment of the body with the head clip engaged therewith, thehead being omitted, and Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view of thecarrying device and casing with the decoys in place therein.

The body 1, consists of a member formed from some buoyant material andhaving a substantially flat base 2, and the remaining portion insimulation of the body of a bird. Near the center of the body, a chamberis formed in the body and opening in the base. This chamber 3 is of thegeneral outline of the head and does not extend entirely through thebody 1, there being left a thin back portion 4, which may be integral ora separate plate for convenience in manufacture. At a convenient point,preferably where the bill and neck of the head 5 join, a finger pocket 3is provided to facilitate removal of the head, At a suitable point, the

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedQct. 19, 1915.

1914. Serial No. 829,881.

chamber 3 is supplemented by a second cutout portion forming a weightpocket 6, into which is placed the anchor weight 7 the latter beingsuitably attached to the body by a cord 8. When the head is nested, itis preferable to wrap the cord around the head in such a manner as tonot only hold the weight in its pocket'6, but so that the cord passingbetween the head and side walls of chamber- 8 forms a protection to thepaint of the head against chafing and at the same time serve to lightlybind the head in place. If desired, the side of the chamber wall may beslightly cut-out or recessed as at 9 in Fig. 3, though not necessarilyso, and the head forced toward this cut-out 9 by the head attachingspring clip 10 bearing against the opposite wall of the chamber 3, saidlatter wall also if desired being cut-out or recessed as at 11. From theforegoing it can be seen that the decoys can be carried around single,without the carrier of Fig. 7 which will be later described, and in acompact and convenient form i The forward portion of the upper side ofthe body is provided with a cut-out portion forming a recess 12 acrosswhich extends a cross bar 14 forming one member of a separable fastenerand being suitably held in place withits upper face flush with that ofthe body. To the under side of the head, the said spring clip 10 issecured,'the same forming the other member of a separable fastener andconsisting of a piece of spring wire having its terminal ends insertedinto the head and both branches 15 bent forwardly and slightlydownwardly to engage beneath the said cross bar. The forward ends ofthese branches then extend rearwardly and upwardly into a plane abovethe branches 15 forming branches 16 which likewise engage beneath thesaid cross bar 14. These branches then continue rearwardly formingportions 17, which when the head is disconnected from the body lie flatupon the bottom face of the head portion 5, as illustrated in Fig. 5.When the head is in place on the body, the cross bar 14C depresses thebranches 16 and 17 directly and the branches 15 indirectly, andseparation of the clip 10 and cross bar 14: cannot easily occuraccidentally. As indicated in Fig. 6, the head may be turned to severalpositions, as in all positions one or the other of said branches engagesthe said crossbar. It will be of course clear that the head. may beentirely reversed.

cated by'numeral 21, and it will be noted that before this can be done,the head must first be detached. Said bars may be connected together at'one end in any suitable manner as by integral member 24 and at the otherend they are connected with a suitable handle'25. In this arrangement,the decoys may be carried frcm place to place by the described carrieralone, or, as in shipment,

' a casing 26 having cover 27 may be assooi-ated therewith, the decoysbeing placed Within the box or casing and the bars 20 passed throughbcth the decoys and casing and its cover. Of course it will beunderstood that when so piled one upon the other, the heads 5 are nestedin the chambers 3.

In use, it will be found that the chamber 3 inthe b ttom of the decoymaterially assists the device in properly heading before thewind andcurrent so that all of the de coys of the artificial flock will pointthe same therein against movement when the head is in the receivingchamber.

2. In a decoy, a body having a substantially horizontal bar secured tothe upper portion thereof with a portion of the bar spaced fr(m aportion of the body; a head; and a resilient clip secured to the headand embodying an arm angularly arranged with relation to the head andadapted for engagement beneath the bar.

3. A decoy, comprising a body and a detachable head, a resilient memberfor attaching the head to the body, the body having a storage chambertherein to receive the head, said resilient member being engageable withthe walls of said chamber to hold the head therein against movement withrelation thereto.

4:. A decoy, comprising a body having a head receiving chamber in itsbottom open for the entrance of the water of a stream, a separablefastener member on the upper side of the body, a head, and acomplementary separable fastener member on the head for engagement withthe first mentioned separable fastener member, said complementaryseparable fastener member being resilient and adapted to engage with onewall of the head receiving chamber to hold the head within the chamberwhen the head is in said chamber.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ALBERT KOYEN. FRANK B. SNYDER. lVitnesses:

PAUL W. MnNenL, ALMA LOIS BEx'roN.

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- Washington, D. G."

